No Credit Check Apartments helps Texas renters with misdemeanor or felony records find housing across Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and Fort Worth. With 15+ years of relationships with property managers statewide, we know which communities use individualized assessment instead of blanket denial policies. Criminal screening is separate from credit and rental history, so a clean credit report won’t overcome a blanket denial. What matters is the specifics: felony versus misdemeanor, charge type, and recency.
What Determines Your Approval Chances
Charge severity: misdemeanors like an old DUI, drug possession, or theft under $500 are much easier to place than felonies.
Charge type hierarchy:
- Drug, theft, fraud, DWI, DUI: most commonly approvable
- Assault, robbery: harder but often placeable with time and documentation
- Sex offenses, arson: near-universal denials
Recency: as of 2026, most communities require five to seven years since sentence completion (including probation or parole) - not since the conviction date. Older records get easier every year. Garden-style apartments and mid-rise communities in suburban areas like Arlington, Plano, and Katy tend to have more flexible timelines than downtown high-rises.
Deferred adjudication in Texas: not a formal conviction, but some screening reports through NCAC or RealPage LeasingDesk still show it. Read our deferred adjudication apartment screening guide for the specifics.
How HUD Fair Housing Rules Help Renters With Records
In 2016, HUD issued guidance that blanket criminal denials may violate the Fair Housing Act because of disparate impact on protected classes. Some Texas property managers adjusted their policies to individualized assessment - considering the specifics of your record instead of auto-denying any conviction. Many haven’t. Austin has been among the most progressive Texas metros in adopting fair chance housing policies, while communities in Fort Worth and San Antonio vary widely by property management company.
That policy split is the whole game. We track it. Read more in our HUD 2016 criminal background guidance guide.
Charge-Specific Matching for Texas Renters
We track which Texas apartment communities accept which charge categories specifically. We know the difference between blanket-denial and individualized-assessment property management companies across DFW, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. We advise on documentation:
- Sentence-completion letters from the court or probation office
- Probation-discharge records
- Character references from employers, clergy, or long-term landlords
- Rehabilitation evidence (completed programs, steady employment, community ties)
For compounding issues - criminal record plus eviction plus bad credit - the No Credit Check Apartments team identifies the narrow set of Texas communities that will consider multiple risk factors. These communities typically require 3x-4x income verification and charge a risk fee ($200-$500). See our eviction apartment locating and bad credit apartment locating pages for those tracks.
How We Compare
| Feature | Typical Apartment Search | No Credit Check Apartments |
|---|---|---|
| Charge-type matching | Generic listings, no screening detail | Matched by specific charge category and recency |
| Cost to renter | $50-$75 per application (often denied) | 100% free - communities pay us |
| Turnaround | Days of self-research | Targeted list in 2-4 business hours |
| Licensing | Unlicensed referral sites | TREC-licensed broker (#9006179), NAAL member |
| Compounding issues | Usually rejected outright | Specialized matching for criminal + eviction + bad credit |
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- Charge type and disposition (misdemeanor/felony, deferred adjudication, dismissed)
- Sentence completion date (not conviction date)
- Any documentation you have
We’ll match you to a targeted Texas community list within 2-4 business hours. Our service is 100% free to renters - apartment communities pay the referral fee.
